革玛拉问:这怎么说得通呢?那桌子是定放一处、不挪动的木器。有人教道:凡定放一处的木器,都不染不洁,且能挡住不洁,不使它传过去。不如说:经上称那桌子为洁净的,是要教明:众祭司把它举起来,好把陈设饼指给守节上来的人看,对他们说:你们看,你们在无所不在者面前是何等蒙爱——那饼在桌上摆了一七日,安息日取下来时仍如摆上去时一样热,正如经上说:「在被取去的日子,要摆上热饼」(撒母耳记上 21:7)。那桌子既有时挪动,就不算定放一处的木器,所以也会染不洁。这样看来,陈设饼那一件奇事显然是在圣所外头行的,众人都看得见。
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革玛拉问:这怎么说得通呢?
The Gemara asks: How is that possible?
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那桌子是定放一处、不挪动的木器。
It is a wooden vessel designated to rest in a fixed place and not to be moved.
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有人教道:凡定放一处的木器,都不染不洁,且能挡住不洁,不使它传过去。
And it was taught: Any wooden vessel designated to rest in a fixed place is not susceptible to ritual impurity, and it serves as a barrier before impurity, preventing its transmission.
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不如说:经上称那桌子为洁净的,是要教明:众祭司把它举起来,好把陈设饼指给守节上来的人看,对他们说:你们看,你们在无所不在者面前是何等蒙爱——那饼在桌上摆了一七日,安息日取下来时仍如摆上去时一样热,正如经上说:「在被取去的日子,要摆上热饼」(撒母耳记上 21:7)。
Rather, the fact that the table is described as pure teaches that the priests lift it in order to display the shewbread to the Festival pilgrims, and they say to them: See how beloved you are before the Omnipresent, as the bread is as hot at its removal on Shabbat, after a week on the table, as it was at its arrangement, as it is stated: “To put out hot bread on the day it was taken away” (I Samuel 21:7).
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那桌子既有时挪动,就不算定放一处的木器,所以也会染不洁。
Since the table was moved on occasion, it was not considered a wooden vessel designated to rest and was therefore susceptible to impurity.
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这样看来,陈设饼那一件奇事显然是在圣所外头行的,众人都看得见。
At the same time, it is clear that the miracle of the shewbread was a miracle performed outside the Sanctuary, as it was visible to all.